Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Wednesday, May 12, 2021
PM aide accused of sharing ‘Gaza rocket launch’ video that shows footage from Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Arabic spokesperson shared a video purporting to show a rocket fired this week from within a civilian area in Gaza, but hundreds of Twitter users are accusing him of using two-year-old footage from Syria.
Indeed, one user shows an identical clip that was posted in 2019.
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— Alhareth ???????? | #فلسطين_قضيتي (@Al7aREt74) May 12, 2021